Nick Neely
Nick Neely is a graduate of Brown University, Rhode Island, where he
concentrated in Literary Arts and Environmental Studies, and edited Watershed,
Brown and RISD's Journal of Environment and Culture, www.watershedjournal.org.
He's spent recent summers in Eugene, OR studying reptiles and birds; in Lee
Vining, CA working for the Mono Lake Committee; in Seattle, WA as an intern at
the Seattle Audubon Society; and in Providence, RI writing about recreational
fisherman on the Seekonk River.
Nick is originally from Portola Valley, California and is excited to be back in
the West. His scholarly interests include contemporary ecopoetics, urban
environmental writing, and the lyric essay. Among other pursuits, he enjoys
cooking, fly fishing, tree climbing, backpacking, playing Scrabble, and
browsing second-hand stores. He's also a runner, happy to be at altitude and
hoping to run a fast marathon in the coming year.